American Girl Doll Movie Trailer - SNL 

I actually like the premise of this movie: A bunch of time displaced girls from different eras with tragic backstories team up to travel through time and try and prevent the wars and disasters that affected their lives. LOTS of potential there.

MAJOR PROPS, to the costume department on this one! Especially Samantha & Addy!

American girl dolls carry more trauma than a toy left in Sid’s room.

Here is the thing with American girl doll books. They were BRUTALLY honest about history, and WE LOVED THEM. Not only were these stories amazing but it was a great way to learn REAL things that happened back then. Sadly if these books were released today you know they would be banned. Little girls now are missing out big time since the original American Girl dolls were discontinued.

The profile of the chonky little foot is so scarily accurate to AG dolls - just a wonderfully hilarious contrast to the (also distorted) Barbie high heel. God is in the details 😂

American Girl was groundbreaking for their dedication to historical accuracy of material culture (including the material culture of people who weren’t rich), how they introduce kids to some of the horrors of history in an age-appropriate way, and how they focused on a more racially and culturally diverse set of characters than any doll series before it. As a kid, I knew I was holding something special when my Addy’s drinking gourd was made of real gourd, when my friend’s Kaya had real abalone in her hair, or when my sister’s Josefina’s accessories were made of real leather. Real cotton, wool, wood, feathers. Working metal whistles. Work dresses, not just ballgowns. AG captured the everyday reality of regular preteen girls, instead of telling the same story of an older rich teen who never had to do menial work. And it did so in a tactile, immersive way. Ofc the irony is that the products were unaffordable for most girls, and there were some historical inaccuracies, but overall I appreciate the scholarly foundation of the series. There’s a cool article on the academic committee behind Addy that had to decide how to introduce rich preteen girls to slavery and racism, what type of slave to make Addy, how much trauma to give her, how dark to make her skin, how textured to make her hair, etc.

Don't forget Felicity and the psychological turmoil of her best friend being a loyalist during the American revolution, and that time she had to steal a horse that was being abused by the town drunk!

"Nobody said hi to me :(" Addy was my favorite American Girl! There is one passage where she is talking about how her family is moving into a nicer place and she is excited about having "Two whole rooms! And the apartment had a stove so Mama could cook their meals" that I still remember 20 years later because I was happy for her! but at the same time she had to go through so much and she was so bright and kind and loved reading and even with all of her trauma she was still able to excel in school.

Those under-nourished girls were the foundation of my entire childhood

As a former die-hard American Girl fan, I now want an American Girl movie where they all meet each other. And I can't believe they didn't mention Samantha's best friend being an orphan child laborer raising her younger sisters or Kit almost getting run over by a train while escaping from prison.

This is an SNL script I can get behind. I grew up playing with American Girl dolls and they’re under-appreciated even by the people who get so mad that Barbie dolls don’t support healthy beauty stereotypes or any of that.

Tbh the addy American girl doll book was the first book that made me cry. I was in the fourth grade when I read it. The pain she had to endure as a slave, and being separated from her family, I can’t imagine the pain of losing your family forever.

It shouldn’t be funny but the girl saying “Look what I can do” and then coughing up that blood cracks me up! 🤣

As an adult American Girl Doll collector, I am so happy they pronounced Josefina's name correctly.

OMG, dying. I worked for American Girl when they were still Pleasant Company and there was no internet. Famous people would call and order dolls and accessories for their daughters. We had to go to doll training school to learn all those horrific stories. 😅 Nailed it.

“From the girls who play soccer magazine” could not have been more historically accurate.

Sometimes I do question my family's decision to introduce me to the American Girl books when I was 5. Also, not knowing her exact birth date was the least traumatic part of Addy's story. She was forced to eat bugs as a punishment, saw people being brutally beaten, watched her father and brother be sold off, had to leave behind her grandparents and baby sister to escape to freedom, traveled at night through unfamiliar territory in constant fear of being tracked down by her enslavers, and almost got caught by a group of Confederate soldier, all in book one.

Honestly, that's why I love American Girl dolls because they dealt with personal issues. Josefina is my favorite. I'm glad that her aunt Tia Dolores ended up becoming her stepmother in the end.

Ego as Addy was perfect. And I remember reading those books over & over. Great time to have grown up.

Okay, but those first couple Addy books were traumatizing, they nailed this!

Ego had really been killing it this season.

I remember there being an intense discussion with the girls in my class (either second or third grade) where everyone loved Molly as a character, but no one wanted her doll because she had glasses.

Okay but that samantha outfit is perfect

Ana de Armas is scarily accurate for how I picture a live-action version of Josephina being. Josephine was my favorite AG doll growing up so I wouldn't complain if she played her.

Yes I loved their tragic backstories! As a child I was so dramatic and one of my favorite games was to pretend to be an orphaned maid and then to die of scarlet fever. Looking back I’m like girl…. why 💀 And how did they know I played soccer 😭

YES! The best sketch comedy is served up risky, *_inventive_* , with big fat dollops of uncomfortable truth. This one was art.

Beginning to think the writer on this shows kid is going through an American girl phase😂.

I'm obsessed with the costume design! They did an incredible job.

This actually seems like something Greta Gerwig would direct.

I would watch this movie! Addy definitely deserves more love! I remember reading her first book almost in one sitting. Also, Kirsten could use some love too!

One of the best memories from my childhood! - a girl who played soccer 😂

This sketch was fact checked by Thomas Dean, a man who bought an American Girl doll, but it wasn’t for him it was for a friend. It was a gift.

This was amazing , I LOVED my american girl doll and learning about her bummer historical background

Honestly if this was a real movie I would see this in a heartbeat.

(Blank stare) "That's ok" What I say to myself at least once every day to get through it.

My 2nd grade teacher read the Addy book during black history month and it was legit one of the more formable stories we read that year.

The soccer thing got me! My sister was obsessed with American girls and played soccer so it fits.

To be fair mollys dad isn’t a prisoner of war he’s a doctor serving overseas.

Conan O’Brien did his own remote improv version of this years ago, it’s hysterical. totally worth watching its here on YT

I was waiting for Kit to pipe in: "My dad got laid off!" at 0:51 haha

This also doubles as an Oregon Trail movie trailer

I would unironically watch the hell out of this. (In case anyone actually wants to make this movie)

The coughed up blood was freaking hilarious.

You can tell the girl playing Molly doesn’t actually wear glasses because she purposely touched the lenses. You don’t do that unless you want to be robbed of the blessing of seeing clearly!

Someone at SNL is processing their AG trauma and I’m here for it.

A Bratz parody of Barbie would be a spectacular idea for Lionsgate?

Have A24 produce this, Ari Aster direct this and it would be my favourite movie

This was pretty epic. The feet in that opening shot. The writers and director nailed it, and no actor took over what they knew to be a perfect sketch.

HOLLYWOOD: JOKES ON YOU SNL! GREENLIT!

I got the Kirsten doll when I was 6. My mom started to read the included book to me and when she came to the part where the friend died of cholera, she became so distraught that she refused to keep reading. I still don't know the ending to this day.

SNL is on a vendetta against American Girl. 😂

This was funny, but why does everyone act like Samantha was spoiled and bitchy? She was so selfless when it came to her best friend Nellie (helped her and her sisters escape an abusive orphanage, taught them to read, gave away her mother's (?) doll as a keepsake of their friendship) and spoke up against big issues of the day like child labor.

I always ❤ when they do American girl doll sketches. As someone who worked at the 5th ave store its funny to see how they have fun with the dolls

I never had an American Girl doll because they were so expensive. But I did get the catalog to look at. 😔

"Look what I can do" *coughs up blood* Classic Sarah

I used to have the cut out Addie paper dolls in the 90s.. She gets better outfits once she gains her freedom 😂

When you find out an important part of your childhood was actually dark as shit 😂

Addy and Molly were my favorite back in the 90s

I was OBSESSED with American girl as a little boy. My favorite was Kit because I for some underknowable reason was hyperfixated on the Great Depression. Looking back I was a really weird kid.😊

"And tragically, I wear glasses. ".....🤣🤣🤣

This would actually be a brilliant movie.

There’s at least one writer on this who’s a big fan of AG.

Why does this feel like a perfect existential horror film? Just a load of girls with messed up backstories living in an abandoned orphanage and slowly dying one by one

Kirsten’s family home burned down and reading that story gave me a lifelong fear of fire! But that’s okay!

My niece is obsessed with these dolls - I got her Josefina for Chanukah and she takes her everywhere.

lolol this is the most accurate thing I have ever seen- I read all of the books when I was a kid and was obsessed with the dolls and I was also a girl who played soccer I have never felt more seen!!!!

This for all the people that long for “the good old days”. 😂😂😂

American Girls were our childhood. Man it’s sad they don’t make the historical American Girl dolls or books anymore for today’s generation. I had Kristen & my sister had Samantha. I wanted to get Josephine or felicity as well. And all the accessories & animals. They were flippin expensive though.

Pretty sure that if they made this movie, it'd do well. It's hilarious and a throwback for many people.

Heidi’s dead eyed “That’s ok!” whenever I remember something tragic….

This helped me work through the fact that there are now historical American Girls from the 1990s.

That ending... SUCH Oregon Trail vibes. 😆 The rest will die of dysentery halfway there.

“That’s okay!”

This is hilarious, except for the fact that it’s tuberculosis that makes you cough blood.Cholera makes you shit yourself to death.

I loved American Girl dolls and books when I was kid. This was nostalgic and hilarious

Their back stories always had a dark essence to them. My mother got me every race and ethnicity when I was younger to help teach me about culture, clothes, food and traditions, etc. Each doll came with a book or a booklet explaining who they were and a little about their life.Some dolls had long, drawn out stories. So I’m waiting for American girl to give the green light to a movie like this lol. Doubt it will happen tho.

I can’t tell you how bad I want to re-play that American girl doll that has the online game that you jump from rock to rock in the waterfall😂 that was IT

As a lady that grew up OBSESSED with these dolls, I appreciate this lol. I miss the old American Girl. the books were everything to me!

THIS SHOULD BE TV SERIES!!!

I read all the books as a kid and I'm still traumatized by the scene where Addy is forced by her slave master to eat worms

Okay, you didn’t have to call my sisters and I out with that “girls who played soccer magazine” line.

Molly’s father wasn’t a POW, he was a military doctor taking care of US soldiers in England.

I’m going to need a part 2! I always wanted my own doll to customize as a kid 😅

i remember these books better than most that i read when i was 10 because of how deeply they affected me.. core memories still

The other four went on to die of dysentary

"That's okay" as they dump Heidi off the wagon. Lol

I think its atrocious they're doing an American girl doll skit without zach woods in any shape or form 😭

"That's okay!" -- this will be my new personality mood. hahaha

They forgot about Kaya, a Native American girl who spent half her book series being a captive slave to an enemy tribe 😭😭

This reminds me of sobbing reading the Addy book when her brother who she thought was dead came back from war

Never could afford the dolls, but I was crazy into reading the books.

DAMN these guys did their research! Josefina’s Mama, Kirsten’s best friend dying of cholera, and Samantha’s parents dying in a boat accident are all accurate! That’s…. really sad actually are these girls okay-

The way Heidi said “My friend Martha died of cholera.” 😂

I wish they had felicity but I’d totally watch a second episode

It's Tuberculosis, not Cholera! :)

"I don't trust none of y'all." Relatable!

Am I the only one that enjoyed the American Girl Doll movies over the books? Still waiting for the Addy Movie that will never come- 😔

the absolute perfection of molly playing molly [chef's kiss]

Samantha's story was set in the Edwardian era, not Victorian. 😉 Also, love this sketch.

The part about not wanting to attend the sleep over was hilarious but also a universal fear lol. Genius